External Hazards Engineer Locations: Derby, Manchester, Warrington with Hybrid Working Available Department: Safety & Regulatory Affairs Why We Need You We need you to play a key role in developing the Rolls‑Royce SMR Power Station and supporting the successful completion of the Generic Design Assessment (GDA) and wider licensing and permitting activities. You’ll help shape the future of clean energy by ensuring our designs meet the highest standards of external hazard resilience—supporting a programme that’s critical to the safety, reliability, and delivery of SMR technology. What You’ll Be Doing In this role, you’ll make meaningful contributions to our External Hazards programme, including: Developing and maintaining the external hazards programme within the SMR delivery roadmap. Preparing detailed External Hazards submissions for the Environment, Safety, Security & Safeguards (E3S) Case and the GDA. Supporting engineering disciplines to ensure the design meets external hazards requirements, helping to identify and close any gaps. Applying quality and governance standards across reports and submissions Presenting outputs to support licensing efforts and engaging with regulators and other stakeholders. Assessing potential power station sites with respect to external hazards and broader influencing factors. What You’ll Bring We know there’s no such thing as the perfect candidate — if you meet around 75% of the requirements, we’d still love to hear from you. Technical Expertise Understanding of external hazards affecting complex facilities (e.g., operating nuclear power plants) and derivation of withstand requirements. Knowledge of Safety Case development and Deterministic Safety Assessment Regulatory Experience Experience with the UK civil nuclear regulatory regime, or international equivalents. Industry Background Experience in nuclear power plant design. Soft Skills Strong communication and interpersonal skills to represent the project internally and externally. Ability to work effectively in multidisciplinary teams and to tight deadlines. Qualifications Degree (or equivalent) in Engineering, Maths, Physics, or significant relevant industry experience. Pay, Benefits & Reward your package includes: £40,000 – £52,500 base salary £2,200 annual benefit allowance 12.5% bonus opportunity 6× pensionable life assurance 50% income protection 28 days holiday bank holidays £250 new joiner payment Ready to Make a Difference? If you’re excited by the opportunity to contribute to the future of clean energy and feel you meet most of the requirements, we’d love to hear from you. LI-VS1 LI-Hybrid Why Join Us? You’ll be joining a forward-thinking organisation that values transparency, fairness, and innovation. We offer: • A flexible, inclusive, and supportive working environment. • Opportunities for career growth in a rapidly scaling business. • A culture that values diversity, innovation, and continuous learning. We are an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from all backgrounds. Inclusivity is important to us, and as a Disability Confident organisation, we are committed to fair, supportive, and continually improving recruitment practices that ensure everyone has the opportunity to thrive. Confidence can sometimes hold us back from applying for a job. But we'll let you in on a secret: there's no such thing as a 'perfect' candidate. If you feel you meet 75% of the requirements for this role, we would love to hear from you. Also, if you are considering a career move or a sector-jump, please get in touch – we welcome applications from people with transferable skills. Our Application Process Due to the safety regulations within the nuclear industry, applicants will be required to participate in additional screening. These are: • Obtaining Baseline Personnel Security Standard (BPSS) clearance • Satisfactory completion of a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check • Satisfactory completion of a basic financial probity check .